Could the Tea Leaves be the fast forward? That looks real hard and something a fast forward would be.

I don't think it would be a fast forward. A leg with a fast forward is always an elimination leg, right? and this leg is clearly a non elimination. I think it's one side of the detour, and the other side is the one with the makeups. Leo and Jamal are definitely not putting makeup on each other

The makeup challenge looks like for Javanese wedding. Compare with this:

they are in Bandung, so it's Sundanese not Javanese. Do you think it's wedding Kamineko? coz i never saw a man wearing "konde" in his head i think they dressed like Jaipong dancers

Yeah, that's what made me confused too. I thought it's for wedding because the ornament that looks like extra hair that they attached on their forehead. And damn! Jason looks fabulous compared to Amy.

I still think it was indeed a local traditional wedding make up guys, just with both team members have to replicate the woman make up only, not the man, because the man didn't required much makeovers, instead, some men even go shirtless on their wedding reception

Actually I hoped for they dressed-up completely, not just the make-up. Although I can't imagine for Leo & Jamal doing that.

Cobra eating? Really? It looks like an active route marker for me, everyone is doing it...

I think the make up and tea leaves are the detour, think about it, what's a way to make the teams go for a ridiculous task, have them choose between that or a needle in a hay stack kind of task, a Fast Forward this late in the race don't make sense to me, and don't remember ever having one at this point, but I don't have the best memory so...

Fast Forward this late in the race don't make sense to me, and don't remember ever having one at this point, but I don't have the best memory so...

this. actually I remember now there's a shaving head fast forward in India on season 20 that appeared like what, in leg 9 or 10. But there's still 5 teams remaining at that point. In this case there's only four teams remaining. So yes it now seems a little too late for one but we'll see

I think the Cobra eating challenge will be before the detour because i think they need to wear the makeup until the pitstop not to mention i'm pretty sure it will take a while to take off that hair decoration thing we called "konde"

This leg's cobra eating challenge could be like the roadblock in The Amazing Race Norge 1, when teams visited Vietnam in leg 5. They had to choose a cobra snake, and then they had to prepare and consume snake wine with the blood and bile. They also had to eat the cobra itself, which can be what the contestants need to do here.

This leg's cobra eating challenge could be like the roadblock in The Amazing Race Norge 1, when teams visited Vietnam in leg 5. They had to choose a cobra snake, and then they had to prepare and consume snake wine with the blood and bile. They also had to eat the cobra itself, which can be what the contestants need to do here.

Wow the tasks look exciting! You know what, I think it's been a long time since I find this kind of crazy food challenge in TAR again, the memory of TAR5 ostrich egg and cavier are coming back!!

But I am a bit lost with the new preview, so it suggests that the cobra eating is basically an active route marker as I saw all team members are eating it? But with the coverage of Tim/Marie discussing RB strategy this leg, it seems quite ironic and makes good TV if Marie turns out she has to do this RB about eating cobra! Could it still be a RB but the non-RBer has to eat other things/parts instead of the cobra itself?

Also, from the preview, we can see Jason/Amy and Leo/Jamal are together at same time, are Nicole/Travis also there at the same time? It's not very clear from the preview, but it seems quite possible that Tim/Marie are not with any of them in the shots?

It looks like the cobra challenge is before the RB and Detour.Spec- I think that it will be Pit Start--> Cobra Eating --> Volcano --> Fields or Makeup --> Roadblock --> Pit Stop The Cobra will be in Bandung, and then teams race around the mountains near Bandung, with the Pit Stop in Lembang or Sari Ater.

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Wow the tasks look exciting! You know what, I think it's been a long time since I find this kind of crazy food challenge in TAR again, the memory of TAR5 ostrich egg and cavier are coming back!!

But I am a bit lost with the new preview, so it suggests that the cobra eating is basically an active route marker as I saw all team members are eating it? But with the coverage of Tim/Marie discussing RB strategy this leg, it seems quite ironic and makes good TV if Marie turns out she has to do this RB about eating cobra! Could it still be a RB but the non-RBer has to eat other things/parts instead of the cobra itself?

Also, from the preview, we can see Jason/Amy and Leo/Jamal are together at same time, are Nicole/Travis also there at the same time? It's not very clear from the preview, but it seems quite possible that Tim/Marie are not with any of them in the shots?

Is an Active Route Marker. If you check on caps 35, 37 and 38, you can see the blue clue.